Faraz as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Faraz

What is the meaning of the name Faraz ?

The baby name Faraz is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /fəˈrɑːz/ (fuh-RAHZ).

Faraz is Persian in Origin.

Faraz is a masculine given name of Persian origin, derived from farāz (فراز), a common noun/adverb meaning “height, ascent, up/above.” It therefore carries senses of elevation, exaltation, and rising. The word is frequent in classical Persian usage - famously in the phrase farāz-o-forūd (“ups and downs”) - and its poetic resonance helped shape the name’s association with loftiness, ambition, and dignity. Through Persian influence it entered Urdu and is now familiar across the Persianate and wider Muslim worlds.

As a given name it saw steady modern use in Iran, Afghanistan, and especially South Asia, where the celebrated Urdu poet Ahmad Faraz contributed to its popularity in the late twentieth century. Variants largely reflect transliteration: Faraaz (to mark long ā) and Farez in some diasporic contexts. The Arabic-script form is فراز in Persian and Urdu. Implied meanings include “exalted; one who aims high.”